Bug#461760: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: I confirm this bug

[Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it>]

On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 11:53:11PM +0100, Michael Schmitt wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
> Version: 0.14.7~git20070706-2
> Followup-For: Bug #461760
> 
> I can confirm this bug. It seems this does not break all touchpads but at least some.
> I have a ALPS touchpad in a Toshiba Satellit 2100 Pro and after uprade it breaks the
> touchpad completely. Downgrade to the current lenny version 0.14.6-1 fixes this issue.
> Here are the refering fragments of Xorg.0.log with a working touchpad (lennys package):
...
> (EE) No Input driver matching `synaptics'

yep, as you can see the synaptics driver is completely bypassed and a
different one is taking over.

...
> (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.14.6 (1406)
> (--) ALPS Touchpad auto-dev sets device to /dev/input/event3
> (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
> (**) Option "SHMConfig" "On"
> (**) Option "LeftEdge" "150"
> (**) Option "RightEdge" "900"
> (**) Option "TopEdge" "170"
> (**) Option "BottomEdge" "680"
> (**) Option "VertScrollDelta" "50"
> (**) Option "HorizScrollDelta" "50"
> (**) Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "500"
> (**) Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "500"
> (**) Option "FingerLow" "25"
> (**) Option "FingerHigh" "30"
> (**) Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
> (**) Option "MaxTapMove" "110"
> (**) Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "75"
> (**) Option "UpDownScrolling" "1"
> (**) Option "LeftRightScrolling" "1"
> (**) Option "LockedDrags" "0"
> (**) Option "RTCornerButton" "3"
> (**) Option "LTCornerButton" "2"
> (**) Option "CircularScrolling" "0"
> (**) Option "PalmDetect" "1"
> (**) Option "PalmMinWidth" "10"
> (**) Option "PalmMinZ" "20"
> (--) ALPS Touchpad touchpad found
> (**) Option "AlwaysCore"
> (**) ALPS Touchpad: doesn't report core events
> (II) evaluating device (ALPS Touchpad)
> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ALPS Touchpad" (type: MOUSE)
> (II) evaluating device (USB Mouse)
> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "USB Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
> (II) evaluating device (Keyboard0)
> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard0" (type: KEYBOARD)
> (--) ALPS Touchpad auto-dev sets device to /dev/input/event3
> (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
> (--) ALPS Touchpad touchpad found

this really puzzles me... completely dead?
does synclient report any activity?

> Your assumption was true... if xorg complains about the synaptics module
> it works (another driver taking its part?) and if the synaptics module
> recognizes the touchpad it does not work. Right now I realised those
> touchpad specific options (scrolling at the edges etc.) do not work anymore
> either (with lennys package) what makes sense to me. But I am almost 100%
> sure it worked completely.

what happens if you just try to run with the default options?
i.e.: comment everything except

> Section "InputDevice"
>        Driver          "synaptics"
>        Identifier      "ALPS Touchpad"
>        Option          "Protocol"      "auto-dev"
>        Option          "Device"        "/dev/input/mouse1"
>        Option          "Always Core"   "1"
>        Option          "SHMConfig"             "On"
> EndSection

thanks for the report
-- 
mattia
:wq!